"Americans today confuse freedom with not being asked to sacrifice. The fact that you can't have everything you want exactly when you want it has somehow become un-American."

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"Americans today confuse freedom with not being asked to sacrifice. The fact that you can't have everything you want exactly when you want it has somehow become un-American."

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"When you write by hand, you don't have the excessive freedom of a computer. When I write down something, I have to be serious about it. I have to ask myself, "Is this necessary at this point in the book?"

Pat Conroy, American Writer

Freedom, When, Independence, Write

"When we try to control, we become controlled; when we release, we become free."

Bryant McGill, American Poet

Freedom, Control, Truth, Wisdom

"If we preach God, it means we preach light. Consequently we preach freedom from ignorance."

Sunday Adelaja, Nigerian Author

Freedom, Preaching, God, Light

"The only freedom which deserves the name is that of pursuing our own good, in our own way, so long as we do not attempt to deprive others of theirs, or impede their efforts to obtain it."

John Stuart Mill, English Philosopher

Freedom, Name

"Freedom for freedoms sake."

R. Alan Woods, American Author

Freedom, Autonomy, Philosophy, Liberty

"As long as you don't kill someone or seriously maim them, sure, it doesn't matter what anyone else thinks as long as you have a good time."

S. A. Tawks, British Author

Freedom, Fun, Judgment, Behavior

"So many birds sitting around, on a dead wire, a bare branch, a cold ground, a drifting seashore; never realizing the glory in their wings and where it can take them, nor the envy as we look on them."

Anthony Liccione, American Author

Freedom, Birds, Envy, Potential

"When you are imprisoned by the rules of conformity, it tames your imaginative capacity and steals your free thinking abilities."

Debasish Mridha, American Author

Freedom, Imprisonment, Conformity, Imagination

"Liberation begins with liberation of mind, soul and body."

Lailah Gifty Akita, Ghanaian Author

Freedom, Liberation, Mind, Soul, Body

"You are not, though, forgiving so as to let others off with things. You are forgiving so that you can empower yourself to get over it and become strong."

Stephen Richards, British Author

Freedom, Empowerment, Forgiveness, Strength, LettingGo

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"But what is it that drives haters crazy with rage? Many times, it's being ignored. To a person with pride, being ignored is often worse than out-and-out hate; it's that much more of an insult, that you're not even worth noticing."

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"New Rule: Apple's next device must be a computer that you control with your tongue. Thanks for eliminating the keyboard and the mouse, but pointing and pushing at things already seems too complicated and tiring. We're Americans--and until you free our hands from the computer entirely, we can never attain our ultimate goal: Web surfing while eating and masturbating."

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"Men are only as loyal as their options."

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"I don't want my president to be a TV star. You don't have to be on television every minute of every day - you're the president, not a rerun of 'Law & Order'. TV stars are too worried bout being popular and too concerned about being renewed."

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"Religion, to me, is a bureaucracy between man and God that I don't need."

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"To a coward, courage always looks like stupidity."

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"If I can't suck your milkshake through a straw, it's not a milkshake--it's a glass of ice cream."

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"For months in the fall of 2001, our highways looked like a county fair on wheels. 'Look out, Al-Qaeda---patriot on board!' I once saw a guy with five flags tell a guy with four flags to go back to Afghanistan."

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"That's not water. That's socialism juice. We should bomb Lake Erie."

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"When you write by hand, you don't have the excessive freedom of a computer. When I write down something, I have to be serious about it. I have to ask myself, "Is this necessary at this point in the book?"

"When we try to control, we become controlled; when we release, we become free."

"If we preach God, it means we preach light. Consequently we preach freedom from ignorance."

"The only freedom which deserves the name is that of pursuing our own good, in our own way, so long as we do not attempt to deprive others of theirs, or impede their efforts to obtain it."

"Freedom for freedoms sake."

"As long as you don't kill someone or seriously maim them, sure, it doesn't matter what anyone else thinks as long as you have a good time."

"So many birds sitting around, on a dead wire, a bare branch, a cold ground, a drifting seashore; never realizing the glory in their wings and where it can take them, nor the envy as we look on them."

"When you are imprisoned by the rules of conformity, it tames your imaginative capacity and steals your free thinking abilities."

"Liberation begins with liberation of mind, soul and body."

"You are not, though, forgiving so as to let others off with things. You are forgiving so that you can empower yourself to get over it and become strong."

Explore more quotes by Bill Maher

"Last week, I suggested the candidates take up mushrooms. I'll be damned if Rick Perry didn't take me up on that."

"But what is it that drives haters crazy with rage? Many times, it's being ignored. To a person with pride, being ignored is often worse than out-and-out hate; it's that much more of an insult, that you're not even worth noticing."

"Men are only as loyal as their options."

"I don't want my president to be a TV star. You don't have to be on television every minute of every day - you're the president, not a rerun of 'Law &amp; Order'. TV stars are too worried bout being popular and too concerned about being renewed."

"Religion, to me, is a bureaucracy between man and God that I don't need."

"To a coward, courage always looks like stupidity."

"If I can't suck your milkshake through a straw, it's not a milkshake--it's a glass of ice cream."

"For months in the fall of 2001, our highways looked like a county fair on wheels. 'Look out, Al-Qaeda---patriot on board!' I once saw a guy with five flags tell a guy with four flags to go back to Afghanistan."

"That's not water. That's socialism juice. We should bomb Lake Erie."

"I don't want my president to be a TV star. You don't have to be on television every minute of every day - you're the president, not a rerun of 'Law & Order'. TV stars are too worried bout being popular and too concerned about being renewed."